
How is re-enactment a family hobby?
Is there ever really a true family hobby? Something that can bring all generations of a family together without anyone dragging their...

Hunting down the past - Major Mitchell
We have a very limited knowledge of Sergeant-Major Dominick Mitchell, the-some-time 2-i-c of the original Prince Rupert’s Bluecoats. The...

Bluecoat Broadsheet: A Re-enactor's life for me AKA Why re-enacting, why?
This week I realised, as I nattered with my TAs after class, that I had just uttered the phrase 'back in my day' without the slightest...

The Siege of Bristol - On Christmas Steps
I won't lie to you, the temptation to start this article off by flexing the old creative writing muscles was a very genuine concern....

The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards - Birth of a Legend Part 1. The Interregnum
I will confess myself very ignorant on the matter of the 1st Foot Guards. When the re-enactment regiment was first raised a few years...

My Time in the Sealed Knot
It was the 16th of May 1992, the sports hall at Woughton Campus, Milton Keynes; I was 16 rising 17 and, as a keen role-player, I was...

1643 - The Siege of Basing House
The car's packed, we've got a full tank of petrol and a hefty supply of waterproofs - it must be an Easter Bank Holiday at Basing house!...

Hunting down the past - The Officers of a Regiment
When I joined the regiment in 1998, there were four regional companies making up the regiment as a whole. For various reasons they were...

Charles I: King and Collector - Exhibition Review
Charles I is having a moment. With the current exhibition Charles I: King and Collector running at the Royal Academy in London coupled...

The Captaine-Generall
I am, as you may have gathered from previous postings, a massive Civil War and Sealed Knot geek. I've been a member of the Sealed Knot...